The Classic Six Challenge

suey Host

42 participants (131 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read six classics in 2025! Pace yourself to read about one every two months. Classics are books published at least 50 years ago, so anything published in 1975 or before.

The Classic Six Challenge

suey Host

42 participants (131 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read six classics in 2025! Pace yourself to read about one every two months. Classics are books published at least 50 years ago, so anything published in 1975 or before.

Challenge Books

All books added

Beowulf by Unknown

Beowulf
Unknown with Seamus Heaney (Translator)

243 pages • paperback • 900 • 288 editions

fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous medium-paced

fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous medium-paced

Beowulf by Unknown

Beowulf

Unknown with Seamus Heaney (Translator)

243 pages • 900 • 288 editions

fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous medium-paced

fiction classics fantasy poetry adventurous medium-paced

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton with Scott Brick (Narrator)

4h • audio • 1911 • 536 editions

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton with Scott Brick (Narrator)

4h • 1911 • 536 editions

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries #1

The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie

268 pages • paperback • 1922 • 317 editions

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced

The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries #1

The Secret Adversary

Agatha Christie

268 pages • 1922 • 317 editions

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced

On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose, 1966-1978 by Adrienne Rich

On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose, 1966-1978
Adrienne Rich

320 pages • paperback • 1979 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays feminism poetry informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction essays feminism poetry informative reflective medium-paced

On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose, 1966-1978 by Adrienne Rich

On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose, 1966-1978

320 pages • 1979 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays feminism poetry informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction essays feminism poetry informative reflective medium-paced

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett with U. C. Knoepflmacher

240 pages • paperback • 1905 • 658 editions

fiction classics literary middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

fiction classics literary middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett with U. C. Knoepflmacher

240 pages • 1905 • 658 editions

fiction classics literary middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

fiction classics literary middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut

179 pages • paperback • 1963 • 108 editions

fiction classics science fiction dark funny reflective fast-paced

fiction classics science fiction dark funny reflective fast-paced

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Cat's Cradle

179 pages • 1963 • 108 editions

fiction classics science fiction dark funny reflective fast-paced

fiction classics science fiction dark funny reflective fast-paced

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Blade Runner #1

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick with Roger Zelazny (Contributor)

244 pages • paperback • 1968 • 183 editions

fiction dystopian science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction dystopian science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Blade Runner #1

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick with Roger Zelazny (Contributor)

244 pages • 1968 • 183 editions

fiction dystopian science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction dystopian science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

The Odyssey. Translated By Robert Fagles. Introduction and Notes By Bernard Knox. by Homer

The Odyssey. Translated By Robert Fagles. Introduction and Notes By Bernard Knox.
Homer

560 pages • 2 editions

The Odyssey. Translated By Robert Fagles. Introduction and Notes By Bernard Knox. by Homer

The Odyssey. Translated By Robert Fagles. Introduction and Notes By Bernard Knox.

560 pages • 2 editions

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad

80 pages • paperback • 1899 • 1k editions

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

80 pages • 1899 • 1k editions

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced

fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced

The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard

The Transit of Venus
Shirley Hazzard with Juliet Stevenson (Narrator)

15h 30m • audio • 1980 • 17 editions

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fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard

The Transit of Venus

Shirley Hazzard with Juliet Stevenson (Narrator)

15h 30m • 1980 • 17 editions

user-added

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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